The Sermons of Henry Ward Beecher: In Plymouth Church, BrooklynJ.B. Ford & Company, 1871 |
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... better branched Christians , more fruitful Christians , than those that are made , at last , out of old and bad growths , by lopping away the pernicious boughs . These never will be the ripest and most symmetrical characters in the ...
... better branched Christians , more fruitful Christians , than those that are made , at last , out of old and bad growths , by lopping away the pernicious boughs . These never will be the ripest and most symmetrical characters in the ...
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... better than anything else - the souls of his dear children ? Bring your little children into the Church . Let Christ be born in them the hope of glory . Let there be a babe Christ in their little experiences . Let them be formed into ...
... better than anything else - the souls of his dear children ? Bring your little children into the Church . Let Christ be born in them the hope of glory . Let there be a babe Christ in their little experiences . Let them be formed into ...
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... better bones ; his muscles become better muscles ; and the brain develops itself , by the mere operation of things upon him , with- out school - house or instructor . And every man would make a certain degree of development and growth ...
... better bones ; his muscles become better muscles ; and the brain develops itself , by the mere operation of things upon him , with- out school - house or instructor . And every man would make a certain degree of development and growth ...
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... better than nothing ; but it is not of much value for practical uses . What you want is to learn how to create joy so that it shall be like the con- tinuous sounds of a marriage bell , or like the coördinate sounds of many - voiced ...
... better than nothing ; but it is not of much value for practical uses . What you want is to learn how to create joy so that it shall be like the con- tinuous sounds of a marriage bell , or like the coördinate sounds of many - voiced ...
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... better than the mere emo- tion of love . And if it is so in the ordinary conditions of men one toward another , how much more is it so in the conditions of the soul toward God . Our first experience may have been rapturous , full of ...
... better than the mere emo- tion of love . And if it is so in the ordinary conditions of men one toward another , how much more is it so in the conditions of the soul toward God . Our first experience may have been rapturous , full of ...
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Page 45 - If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons ; for what son is he whom the Father chasteneth not ? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards and not sons.
Page 18 - Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like ? They are like unto children sitting in the market-place, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced : we have mourned unto you, and ye have not wept.
Page 117 - For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope. Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
Page 189 - He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.
Page 223 - When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them ; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
Page 6 - Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned...
Page 142 - For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not ; but the publicans and the harlots believed him; and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.
Page 17 - For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women, there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist : but he that is least in the kingdom of God, is greater than he.